Here's a sure-fire way to get into some hot trouble: Steal something from a fire department.

Besides, it's probably hard to get rid of such hot merchandise.

Richard Halsey Gosman of Fort Pierce is accused of playing with fire: He allegedly stole items from two firehouses in Boynton Beach and broke into a fireman's SUV and took two GPS devices, a laptop and a camera.from a fireman's SUV, reports TCPalm.com in Stuart.

A 42-year-old man was nabbed when Fire Rescue and Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies responded to a crash involving Gosman and noticed "numerous items in the van that did not look right," according to a Fire Rescue spokesperson.

These folks also drew some heat after they were accused of stealing from firefighters:

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BARBARA HIJEK has spent the best years of her life doing news research in Florida, the most news-warpy place in the universe. She's still passed all her drug tests and remains Prozac free. Barbara graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in her hometown. Talk about culture shock! She is single and has lived in Fort Lauderdale for the past decade. Prior to that Barbara lived in Clearwater for a dozen years. Truly a bicoastal Floridian. And she still can't figure out which coast is wackier...